Mohave County miner., 1887-01-29

sools !ar one ~iti bat singls ,aooa,
and that one 50 s,salfaas anl geHial.
Though they wiliinsly qalt taeir siie.
giapes to their o,l-tims eJd. tf,d a''ai'
document was not mutual. AMI ns saoa
ils he knew tiat soma OF hi2 tal jset. !.
were gone lie searched for ths8 Vat aai
wile.' lie sunk part Of bis lana uadef
thp great water that he insgsf pursue
tiiegil n boat. He callcl 0a fits safI I;
give him constant light that ifs 'aighs
leok for them in oil the corners o. tn
uaiserse. His travels brought hlgi !.
tile peaceful land OF Aksi,afaai:. glide
ulitier by tho search, and the dszzlins
ptsser of his sun that came with hiR
overwhelmed tie raysos the eyessliia-
Ing or5 OF the country. He defrark.ee
ii laundering tones his lpng. .iost people
bilt tie great elder duck only drew tlteTe
closer under her wings and vowel tlla,
all were entitled 10 her protsciion ~
loT.g as she was able. and that only Tor
naralk could command othcrutisc.
Then began tho grand war OF the gods
which Is not oyeA yet decided. MANY
are the messengers that have been sen.
to Tornarsuk, but no reply comes 60
tiisni. and slowly the strength of the
struggling cider deity wanes. First the
angry cne swore he woa,d devastats tn,
fair land Of Azsharnak and make ita drs-
ert uninhabited by living thing. His sun
iattied long with that os the elder and
won the first great victory. for the lat
ter was shorn of Its fiery hair and bright
rays, and wandered In the heavens as
the silyery moon, with Just enough
light left 10 iilumine the bright SHOWS Of
tile cherries winter ti,ne. and even then
so weak at times that ii must coaccn-
trate all its fame on o;ie edge 10 be seen
by Tho beloved people Of Aksharna't. ao
they will not lose heart as they would
il it disappeared altogether. AMI they
might not see it il it ATTEMPTED t'
illumiEe its whole face at these de
spondent times so weak and diiFusPd
would il br. Like great gladia-
tor dying in an unequal struggle, 1t al
ways presents that brilliant edge, dim as
il is compared with yore, 10 its hatel
, rival, that IL may think IL yet full OF
lif'. Then when its victory was almost
complete, the sun of the Innuits re-
tIeated 10 its OWN lani to the far south
and withdrew its warm rays and thos
it had captured from the despoiled
captive. and the al: became SO chill that
it seemed that everything must perish
with the cold.
Then the sreat elder god made wings
from the ocean waves for her sub jects,
that they might fly south To the warm
sun; for as the waves rise and fall, 80
did the wings she made from them. and
bore their owners 10 the more genial
CLINE. First she made those of her own
kind--tlat is, elder ducks-~aud by the
time they were completed the Ihnuit
god, seeing that his own people were
not coming first. as he thought they
wnuld. to avoid the piasus of cold, and
not wanting the other life of Aksharuak
in his south land. stllel the waves with
wintry sheets of ice, and no more wings
could be made. He wanted his Innuits,
but not ths other k:rds OF lifc from
land hc irsted so. From the crystal ice,
the corpses Of the waves. the elder god
yet essayed to make more wings for her
| subjects, and put them on the ptar-
migan. that they might travel, too. but
! they could only fly the thickness Of the
iceberga from which their wings were
cut, and the god Of the south laughed
loud and lqng. So swift was his breath
in these conyulsige gasps Of mirlh that
the Ian OF Aksharnak was swept as il
by a tornado; and thus the southern
gales, so long and furioas, were coH-
menced. Then the great elder
thought her little ones must per
ish, for they could not fly south; bat
she arose high in the heavens, and
phicEed from her breast uasil il was
bare the white down that, falling as
snow. covered ali the land. and into thi.
the Ipnuit pilgrims and the haEea, the
polar bars. the ermine and many Others
bGrrowea and kept warm, aad 10 this
day the cider duck thus protects her
nest and young. Then by the motion OF
her great wings, reaching from the
morning sun 70 the fading twilight. sine
created the north wind that swep: the
edges bare of snow. so the musS OK and
reindeer might find little food 70 keel
them living til the sun returned, and
that beat down the SHOW till her naw
acquisition. the Innuiss, could cut it into
blCcks and make their houses from il
Backward and forward the war wa
wagcd, the elder duck god slowly losing
IN the struggle.
Even the moon had to travel south q:
times. so cheegloss was Il in its fornie1
lan1. but sine left some Of her rays and
placed them in the sky az the northern
lights TO show that sho wonld retara.
Every spring the Innus god would re.
surn aaa watch and search the land
AL summer 10 see what destruction il"
had accomplished during the winter.
and Just when all the life OF -Assharnax
thoHght that the good old times might
return. southward he would go. aasi
cave them in darkness and terrible cold
1rce more. Backward and forward ht
went. but each time he left them lIe
vtaycd away little longer, and great
mountains Of ice were made. and slowly
AkSharnak was becoming a desert where
nothing could live. Each approoch
wa5 hailed with delight by those
that were left in the wintry time to
wander over the ice and STOW. As tho
reindeer god had been so partial to tie
reindeer at tho expense CT others, and
the god of the whales to those great
fishes, so tho elder duck. seeing her own
sind well allie to endure the present
stata pf tIfpvs hv Hyinp south in p-ir,tar